Ink-bottle attachment



C. A. BURDICK.

INK BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATlON FILED JAN. 12, 1920.

1,343,960. I I Patented June 22,1920.

UNITEDVST'A-TES PATENT 0 CHARLES A. BuRDIoK, or ENosnA; WISCONSIN.

FVFICE.

INK-BOTTLE ATTACHMENT,

' Application filed January 12, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BURDICK, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State oflVisconsin, hzwe invented certain new and useful Improvements in InkBottle Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to attachments for ink bottles, but it also may beapplied to other kinds of containers, and when used with the former isdesigned to form a combined stopper holder and pen rest.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide asimply con-- structed and inexpensive attachment which can be snappedabout the neck of an ink bottle in position to provide a handy receiverfor the stopper when removed so that danger of soiling the table or thelike on which the bottle is placed is obviated.

An additional object is to provide an ink bottle attachment having astopper receiver and a pen rest so combined that they form a unitaryarticle which can be easily attached or detached from an ink bottle. Theattachment in addition to being used in connection with an ink bottlemay also be used on other varieties of containers, for instance on amucilage bottle, .in which case the stopper receiver will perform itsusual function of holding the stopper when removed, while the pen restmay be used mucilage brush.

l Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsin the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

The figure represents an ink bottle having my invention applied thereto,the same be to receive the ing shown supporting the bottle stopper and aJen.

Referring more particularly to this drawing, a conventional form of inkbottle is designated by the reference numeral 1, and this bottleincludes a cylindrical neck 2 having a bead or the like 3 surroundingits mouth which is normally closed by a stopper 4. The invention isparticularly adapted to support the stopper so as to eliminate thenecessity for placing it upon the table T when the bottle is open, A penP is like- Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented June 22, 1920. Serial No. 350,931.

wise rest which is-a part of the invention. 7

The attachment of which the stopper re ceiver and the pen rest form'themajor parts consists'of a single piece of resilient "wire bent toaform apair of resilient or spring arms 5', a stopper'receiving socket 6 and asubstantially V-shaped spring member 7, the apex portion of which isbent into hookshape as at 8 to provide said pen rest. The stopperreceiving socket 6 is formed of a ring or loop of resilient wire and hasthe pair of spring arms 5 rigidly connected therewith as at 9. Thestopper receiving socket 6 and these resilient arms 5 are thussubstantially in the same horizontal plane.

The arms 7 of the spring member 7 are connected'with and merge into thecorresponding arms 5, but are inclined downwardly from the plane of thearms 5 to one side of the bottle 1. The hook-shaped end .8

of the member 7 thus projects laterally.

However, the provision of the spring member, the same beingsubstantially V-shaped, connected with the arms 5 adds a greater springtension or resiliency thereto to permit the attachment to moreeffectively embrace the bottle neck. 7 This is obviously caused by theshape of the member '7.

In applying the attachment to the bottle 1, one of the arms 5 is firstplaced under the bead 3 and then the other arm is forced down over theportion of the bead opposite that beneath which the first arm'is placed,thereupon the arms 5 spring toward each snap about the bottle neck. Inremoving the device a reverse precedure may be] e1nployed,or the end 8of the member 7 may be raised upwardly thus spreading the portions ofthe arms 5 which merge into the arms 7, the diameter of the neckembracing portion of the attachment thereby being increased tofacilitate its ready removal. Inasmuch as the attachment is preferablyformed frombut a single piece of wire, the ends of the same are broughttogether and coiled about the intermediate portions as at 9. A verysimple a ndinexpensive article is thus formed and one which would beth0roughly efficient in operation and use.

Attention is directed to the fact that simplicityof the device isincreased by having the stopper receiving socket rigidly connected withthe other part so that it is always in a position to receive the stopperwhen the same lifted from the mouth of prevented from soiling the tableby n the bottle. Likewise it is to be noted that the member 7 is of sucha length that the rest 8 will be quite close to the table to therebyovercome any likelihood of the pen 1 from sliding from the rest and onto the table as would be the case if said rest were higher.

I claim:

1. A stopper holderfor containers comprising a stopper receiving seat, apair 0 resilient arms extended from the seat and adapted to springaround a container, and a substantially V-shaped spring member havingthe ends of its arms connected with the corresponding resilient armswhereby to increase the spring tension of the latter.

2. A stopper holder for containers'comprising a stopper receiving seat,a pair of resilient arms extended from the seat and adapted to springaround a container, and a substantially V-shaped spring member havingthe ends of its arms connected with the corresponding resilient armswhereby to increase the spring tension of the latter, the main portionof said member being extended downwardly, its lower free end being bentlaterally to provide a substantially hookshaped. article rest.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing .l have hereunto set my hand atKenosha in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin.

CHAR-LES A. BUR-DICK.

